SPACE LABORATORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does space laboratory mean? 

• SPACE LABORATORY (noun)
  The noun SPACE LABORATORY has 1 sense:

1. a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research

  Familiarity information: SPACE LABORATORY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPACE LABORATORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

space laboratory; space platform; space station

Hypernyms ("space laboratory" is a kind of...):

artificial satellite; orbiter; satellite (man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon)

Instance hyponyms:

Salyut (either of two Soviet space stations launched in the 1970s)

Skylab (United States space station; in orbit from 1973 to 1979)